How to manage your woodland
Find out how you can manage your woodland to help ensure its future health and resilience to climate change, pests and diseases in our collection of resources.
Overview
Woodlands are one of our most valuable natural resources. They provide far-reaching benefits to people, nature and the wider environment. For trees to deliver these benefits, they need to be well-managed and protected. Find out how to manage your woodland, to ensure its future health and resilience.
Why woodland management matters
Sustainable woodland management can help you achieve your woodland management objectives, while making your trees more resilient to the threat of climate change, pests and diseases.
Management in action
Learn how farmers and landowners are managing their woodland to make them more resilient to the threat of climate change, pests and diseases.
Available financial support
The Forestry Commission offer a range of grants to help you manage your woodland.
Other reading and resources
Discover the different woodland management techniques you can adopt, to help you achieve your overall management strategy and woodland objectives, including the steps involved to help you create a woodland management plan from the resources below.
- Why woodland management matters - Forestry Commission blog
- Woodland management techniques - Infographic
- Developing the means to manage woodlands - Guest blog with Northwoods
- So, you own a woodland? - Our introductory guide to woodland management on the Royal Forestry Society’s website
- Is coppicing right for my woodland? - Forestry Commission blog
- Why woodland management is key to nature recovery - Forestry Commission blog
- Girdling at Bullens Wood – a management technique to thin trees - Forestry Commission blog
- Three steps to creating a woodland management plan
- Help prevent tree pests and diseases in three steps
- How to spot the signs and symptoms of ash dieback
Last updated 18 December 2023 + show all updates
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Added a number of links to woodland management blogs, videos, and a graphic covering the benefits of continuous cover forestry.
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Addition of new summary guide to managing tree pests and diseases, and Northwoods guest blog
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Addition of woodland management techniques infographic
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Addition of Heathpatch Farm case study, woodland management blog post and the Royal Forestry Society's introductory guide to woodland management.
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